With the release for the Wii just a couple of months away, Sega decided to reveal Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 20 authentic Olympic events, as detailed below:
- Fencing - Individual epee
- Archery
- Shooting - Skeet
- Gymnastics - Trampoline
- Gymnastics - Vault
- Field - High Jump
- Field - Pole Vault
- Field - Long Jump
- Field - Triple Jump
- Field - Javelin Throw
- Field - Hammer Throw
- Rowing - Single Sculls
- Table Tennis - Singles
- Aquatics - 100m Freestyle
- Aquatics - 4x100m Freestyle
- Track - 110m and 400m Hurdles
- Track - 4x100m Relay
- Track -100m and 400m
Sega also revealed that the game will include 16 different characters, 8 from Mario's universe, and 8 from Sonic's, and like in Mario Kart, the characters will be broken up into different classes with different strengths and weaknesses. Mario, as always, will be balanced all around while Sonic - obviously - will dominate the Speed class. For events relying on strength, both Knuckles and Bowser are part of the Power class.
